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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 16051
- Date of Photo
- 1975
- World Region
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa and Islands
- Country
- Kenya
- Geographic Location
- Lake Turkana
- Archaeological Site Name
- Koobi Fora
- Description
- The semiarid conditions are ideal for fossil hunting since large areas of eroded ground are virtually devoid of plant cover and whatever fossils have washed out can be readily seen.
- Image Categories
- Geographic Feature: Desert
- Source Type Detail
- Vendor: W. A. Benjamin, Inc. :: vendor_series
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4464 x 3150
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 22090
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22090/22090
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"The semiarid conditions are ideal for fossil hunting since large areas of eroded ground are virtually devoid of plant cover and whatever fossils have washed out can be readily seen.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22090/22090. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 23, 2024.